Coagulation Factor Xa inhibits cancer cell migration via LIMK1-mediated cofilin inactivation

  • Keren Borensztajn*
  • , Maikel P. Peppelenbosch
  • , C. Arnold Spek
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Previously, we showed that activated coagulation factor X (FXa) inhibits migration of breast, lung and colon cancer cells. We showed that the effect of FXa on migration was protease-activated receptor (PAR)-1-dependent, but the subsequent cellular signaling routes remained elusive. In the current manuscript, we show that both the Rho/ROCK and Src/FAK/paxillin pathways are required for FXa-mediated inhibition of breast cancer cell migration. FXa induced pronounced stress fiber formation that was partially inhibited by pre-treatment with specific ROCK or Src inhibitors. Downstream of Rho/ROCK and Src/FAK/paxillin, FXa induced myosin light chain phosphorylation and LIMK1 activation resulting in cofilin inactivation. Knocking-down LIMK1 expression abolished FXa-induced inhibition of cell invasion. Our results reveal that FXa-mediated sustained cofilin inactivation leads to stabilization of actin. laments incompatible with migration. Overall we confirm that, beyond its role in blood coagulation, FXa plays a key role in cell migration and we unravel a new mechanism of PAR-1-mediated inhibition of migration via Rho and Src dependent pathways. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)E323-E328
    Number of pages6
    JournalThrombosis Research
    Volume125
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun-2010

    Keywords

    • Coagulation factor Xa
    • Cancer cell
    • Cell migration
    • Protease activated receptor
    • Signaling
    • MEDIATED TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION
    • PROTEASE-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-2
    • FOCAL ADHESION KINASE
    • TUMOR-CELLS
    • SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE
    • DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION
    • COUPLED RECEPTOR
    • CARCINOMA CELLS
    • FACTOR-VIIA
    • LIM KINASE

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